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Tatsuta-nishiki

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CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1956

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

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Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Tatsuta-nishiki'

Chinese Name

Japanese Name:龍田錦 たつたにしき

Meaning:Tatsuta brocade

Synonym

Gyokō-nishiki  Different reading for Miyuki-nishiki as Tatsuta-nishiki.

Miyuki-nishiki-Kansai  Yokoyama & Kirino, 1898, Nihon no Chinka, p.277. Synonym for Tatsuta-nishiki.

Tatsuta-shibori  Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.276, colour photo, p.177 descrip­tion: Synonym for Tatsuta-nishiki.

Tatta-nishiki  Different reading for Tatsuta-nishiki.

Tatta-shibori  ICS., Apr. 1990, Japanese Camellia Cultivar List, p.23.Different reading for ‘Tatsuta­-shibori’ as synonym for Tatsuta-nishiki.

Description

» English Description

Satomi, 1956, Camellia Varieties of Japan, p.13: Pink striped deeper pink and edged white, medium, single. Vigorous, compact growth. Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.321, p.162, description, p.186: Leaves narrowly elliptic to elliptic, base cuneate, apex gradually acuminate, strongly wavy, margins minutely depressed-serru­late; venation prominent; petioles more or less hairy. Flowers single, palest pink, splashed and striped deeper pink in various shades and an obscure white margin. Blooms early to late. Origi­nated in Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan. For colour photos & descriptions see: Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.151 & p.313; Satō, 1975, Chūbu no Tsubaki, p.5 as ‘Tatsutanishiki’; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1980, Senchinshū, p.88. Tatsuta is a village in the Aichi Prefecture. There is an ancient tree of this cultivar in ‘Tatsuta-mura’. Sports: Miyuki-nishiki (white sport), Tatsuta (red sport). Synonyms: ‘Tatsuta-shibori’, ‘Miyuki-nishiki-Kansi’. Different reading: ‘Tatta-­nishiki’.

» Japanese Description

講談社 1975年 《現代椿集》 P.313. ガーデンラィフ編集部. 1980. 《原色日本の椿写真集千椿集》. 誠文堂新光社. 写/p.88.  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.p.158.  日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.193. 愛知產. [花]桃色地に紅色の大少縦絞りが入る、一重、ラッパ咲き、小~中輪。10~4月。[葉]長楕円、中形、黒味を帯びた緑色。[樹]立性。[来歴]愛知県愛西市(旧立田村)で発見された品種で、旧名は立田錦、古くからある。写.文/佐藤

Flower

Flower Size8-10 cm

Blooming Season Japan

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